Pixabay.com I once asked a friend which she preferred: baseball, football, volleyball or basketball? “Highball,” she answered sarcastically. One could see why the soothing fizz of the drink was helpful given the recent acquisition of the quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Look it up on your own to learn of the division this has caused... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com Have you ever walked with someone who was grieving or deeply depressed? Your companion usually does not look at you, at least continuously, her head is bowed as she listens and speaks. You stop occasionally to make a point or touch her arm to warn of an impediment on the road. You are aware... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com The liturgical readings for this week abound with meaning for all Christians.  I encourage you to take solid time each day to reflect on a passage that touches you or inspires you to meditate on.  You can get the readings of the day as they are read in your local church or you can... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com Some of my happiest memories of childhood centers on reading books. When I very young, like third grade, my Dad would pick me up from the local library on his way home from work. I had checked out a pile of books, my face barely able to reach the check out counter where the... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com I underwent eye surgery on my left eye that didn’t go as expected. I am asking for prayers that the issue resolves itself. If not, I face another surgery. Therefore, I am reposting a very appropriate post from March 2022. I am concerned about my eyesight: glaucoma in both eyes and a macula tear... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com This has been a painful week for my family. We buried our youngest sister after a few months of indescribable pain. Our Lenten journey was folded into watching the intrepid advance of a lacerating, insufferable cancer which ultimately took her from us as we felt her breath drawn into the ether of Somewhere. As... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com At the beginning of Lent, I suggested you think about the Jesus of Accompaniment and try to emulate his example to deepen your relationship with our loving Creator.  The Jesus of Accompaniment is the Jesus who is with people in suffering and in joy.  That is why we pray and celebrate that Jesus during those moments... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com The televised sights of Ukrainian trains boarding thousands of people, mostly women and children fleeing their homeland to bordering nations, called to mind the experience of my Ukrainian sister-in-law who fled with her parents and brothers during World War II, frightened, cold, and hungry but on their way to the long journey to America.... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com With Lent starting this week, I’ve been pondering a characterization of the Jesus I could meet in Lenten practices and rituals and prayers. I am part of the generation where as children we took on Lent with a dramatic bravado. We were encouraged to ‘give up’ whatever we were fond of like sweets, favorite... Continue Reading →

Pixabay.com I learned a new concept this past week which I would like to share with you.  It is called “asset framing” and was developed by Trabian Shorters, a social entrepreneur and former vice president of the John and James L. Knight Foundation. Asset framing “ is a catalyst of a movement to define black people... Continue Reading →